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Prospects and ambiguities of globalization : critical assessments at a time of growing turmoil / edited by James W. Skillen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Globalization.
- Church and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covering topics ranging from the New Silk Road to changes in school governance around the world, the essays in this volume offer a critical, historically informed assessment of the diverse dynamics that are undermining or nullifying current paradigms of thought and action in globalization studies.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. To Look at the World Entirely Afresh; Chapter 2. Kaleidoscopic Change in World Affairs: Emerging Patterns of Sovereignty and Governance; Chapter 3. Faith and Globalization; Chapter 4. Globalization and the State: A View from Economics; Chapter 5. The New Silk Road: Central Asia at the Global Crossroads; Chapter 6. Schooling and the Not-So-Sovereign State; Chapter 7. Evangelical Christians: The New Internationalists?; Chapter 8. Contending Ways of Life; Index; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49475-9
- 9786612494758
- 0-7391-3762-X
- OCLC:
- 351658091
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